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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水廿一 (ETM), four-corner 34170, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 616, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17289
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1010, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1580, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6CD4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯːms
*mɡaːm
*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm, *kʰaːm
*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
*ɡram
*ɡram
*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
*ɡram

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kam/
Li
Rong
/kɑm/
Wang
Li
/kɑm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3655
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːm/

Definitions

  1. water from washing rice; kitchen slops

Compounds

  • 泔水
  • 泔水桶
  • 泔淡
  • 泔腳泔脚
  • 米泔水

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(geom) (hangeul , revised geom, McCune-Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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